Releasing-penholder.



Patented May 19, 1914.

F. T. MOTTRAM. RELEASING PBNHOLDER. APPLICATION FILED 111111.29, 1911. RBN'BWBD APR. s, 1914. 1,097,254.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.V

FREDERICK T. MOTTRAM, 0F VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

RELEASING-PENI-IOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 29, 1911, Serial No. 624,256. Renewed April 8, 1914. Serial No. 830,537.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, FREDERICK T. MOTT- RAM, a citizen and subject of Great Britain, residing at Victoria, in the county of Victoria, Province of British Columbia, and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Releasing-Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improved releasing pen-holders.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device for use in connection with a pen-holder for ejecting the pen without the necessity of the fingers of the user coming in contact with the pen.

With the foregoing and other objects in view my invention consists in such details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of arts as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in which like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is a side elevation of my device part of which is broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, part being shown in cross section. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, part being shown in cross section. Fig.` 4 is a cross sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In carrying my invention to practice I provide an ordinary pen-holder l having a constricted end 2, which is adapted to re ceive a tubular sleeve 3. vFormed upon the end of the sleeve 3 are the extensions 4 and 5, and also upon the end of the extension 4 is an odset portion 6 for the purpose as will be hereinafter described. Slidably mounted upon the sleeve 3 is a second sleeve 7 having lugs 8 and 9 stamped therefrom to project on each side of the extension 4 on the sleeve 3. By having the odset portion 6 on the ex' tension 4, I provide means for limiting the movement of the lugs 8 and 9 in the same.

It now being desired to operate my device I place a pen on the extension 5, of Fig. l, and I then slide the sleeve 7 over the said pen. It will be seen that when I do so the lugs 8 and 9 will slide on the extension 4, until they reach the odset portion 6 which will stop their further movement in that direction, as in Fig. 2. It now being desired to release a pen held between the extension 5 and the sleeve 7 the user slides the outer sleeve 7 backward until its movement is stopped by the lugs 8 and 9 engaging the body portion oi' the sleeve 3, and the pen is allowed to drop od of the extension 5.

I desire to lay great stress upon the means for limiting the movement of the sleeve 7, and the simplicity of my device.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I contrive a very simple holder from which the pen may be easily and positively removed.

Slight changes within the scope of the subjoined claims may be resorted to wit-hout departing Jfrom the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, a handle, a sleeve mounted on one end of said handle, extensions formed upon said sleeve, an odset portion formed on one end kof one of said extensions, a second sleeve slidable on said irst named sleeve, a pen point adapted to be held between one of said extensions and said second named sleeve, means vstamped from said second named sleeve adapted to engage the sides of one of the extensions, which has said odset portion formed thereon, said odset portion adapted to limit the movement on said second named sleeve.

2. In av device of the character described, a handle, a sleeve secured to one end of said handle, extensions on said sleeve, one of said extensions being provided with an odset portion, a second sleeve slidable on said first named sleeve, a pen point adapted to be held between one of said extensions and said second sleeve, lugs stamped from said second sleeve adapted to engage the sides of said extension which has said odset portion formed thereon, said odset portions adapted to limit the movement of saidy lugs and said second sleeve for the purpose described.

FREDERICK T. MOTTRAM.

IVitnesses: Y

ROBERT LIVINGSTON, WM. J. INernswonTI-r.

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